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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB | GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 31% | 40% |
| Hitman 3 | 11% | 22% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 37% | 45% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 31% | 40% |
| FIFA 21 | 65% | 70% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 3% | 15% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 39% | 47% |
| The Medium | 14% | 25% |
| Genshin Impact | 31% | 40% |
| Far Cry 6 | 1% | 13% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB are very slightly better than the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB.
The Vega Frontier has a 120 MHz higher core clock speed and 32 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 1080 Ti. This results in the Vega Frontier providing 78.1 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The Vega Frontier has a 120 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 1080 Ti, but the GTX 1080 Ti has 24 more Render Output Units than the Vega Frontier. As a result, the GTX 1080 Ti exhibits a 27.8 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the Vega Frontier. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The Vega Frontier was released less than a year after the GTX 1080 Ti, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The Vega Frontier has 5120 MB more video memory than the GTX 1080 Ti, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. However, overall, the GTX 1080 Ti has superior memory performance.
The GTX 1080 Ti has 228.4 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the Vega Frontier, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 1080 Ti is massively better than the Vega Frontier.
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB has 4096 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB has 3584. However, the actual shader performance of the Vega Frontier is 4260 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 1080 Ti is 7654. The GTX 1080 Ti having 3394 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 1080 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the Vega Frontier.
The Vega Frontier transistor size technology is 2 nm (nanometers) smaller than the GTX 1080 Ti. This means that the Vega Frontier is expected to run very slightly cooler and achieve higher clock frequencies than the GTX 1080 Ti.
The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB requires 275 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB requires 220 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the Vega Frontier and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 1080 Ti. The Vega Frontier requires 55 Watts more than the GTX 1080 Ti to run. The difference is significant enough that the Vega Frontier may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 1080 Ti.
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 79.7 FPS on Total War: Three Kingdoms
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 60.1 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 128.4 FPS on Grand Theft Auto V
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 94 FPS on Assassins Creed: Origins
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 81.4 FPS on Red Dead Redemption 2
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 84.5 FPS on Assassins Creed: Odyssey
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 121.8 FPS on Assassins Creed: Unity
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 104.4 FPS on Total War: Warhammer 2
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 130.9 FPS on Middle-earth: Shadow of War
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 112 FPS on Shadow of the Tomb Raider
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 119.4 FPS on Far Cry: New Dawn
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 200+ FPS on Wolfenstein: Youngblood
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 147.7 FPS on Rise of the Tomb Raider
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 177.7 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 53.5 FPS on Total War: Three Kingdoms
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 57.9 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 52.4 FPS on Assassins Creed: Valhalla
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 62.1 FPS on Red Dead Redemption 2
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 83.4 FPS on Assassins Creed: Unity
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 68.5 FPS on Assassins Creed: Odyssey
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 76.5 FPS on Shadow of the Tomb Raider
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 126 FPS on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 90.8 FPS on Grand Theft Auto V
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 142.5 FPS on Wolfenstein: Youngblood
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 104.5 FPS on Rise of the Tomb Raider
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 26.8 FPS on Total War: Three Kingdoms
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 31.4 FPS on Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Wildlands
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 32.5 FPS on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 40.9 FPS on Assassins Creed: Unity
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 40.7 FPS on Shadow of the Tomb Raider
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 32 FPS on Assassins Creed: Valhalla
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 38.6 FPS on Red Dead Redemption 2
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 47.6 FPS on Grand Theft Auto V
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 45.9 FPS on Assassins Creed: Odyssey
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 46.1 FPS on Assassins Creed: Origins
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 81 FPS on Wolfenstein: Youngblood
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB gets 58.2 FPS on Rise of the Tomb Raider
| Core Speed | 1600 MHz |  | vs | 1480 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | - | vs | | 1582 MHz | |
| Architecture | Vega 10 XT | Pascal P102 | |||
| OC Potential | - | vs | - | ||
| Driver Support | - | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 05 Jun 2017 |  | vs | 05 Mar 2017 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved |  | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 10
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 9.6
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10
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| 3840x2160 | 7.6
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vs | |
7.9
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| Memory | 16384 MB | | vs | 11264 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 500 MHz | vs | | 1376 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 2048 Bit | | vs | 352 Bit | |
| Memory Type | HBM-2 | | vs | GDDR5X | |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256GB/sec | vs | | 484.4GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 0 KB | vs | |
3072 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 4096 | | vs | 3584 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 100% | | vs | | 100% |
| Technology | 14nm | | vs | 16nm | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 256 | | vs | 224 | |
| Texture Rate | 409.6 GTexel/s | | vs | 331.5 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 64 | vs | | 88 | |
| Pixel Rate | 102.4 GPixel/s | vs | | 130.2 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 7680x4320 | | vs | | 7680x4320 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | | 2 | |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 4 | | vs | 3 | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 275 Watts | vs | | 220 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | | vs | | 600 Watts & 42 Amps |
| DirectX | 12 | vs | | 12.1 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.4 | vs | | 4.5 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | no | vs | | yes | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | - | Intel Core i7-7700K 4-Core 4.2GHz | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 16 GB | | vs | | 16 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 3840x2160 | | vs | | 3840x2160 |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB is a Prosumer Graphics Card based on the Fourth (4.0) Revision of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture. Architecture The Vega 10 XT GPU offers support for HBM-2 Memory, DirectX 12.0 and Open GL 4.5. Vega 10 XT is the Full Variant of the GPU with 64 Compute Units activated, offering 4096 Shader Processing Units, 256 TMUs and 64 ROPs. GPU The Central Unit is clocked at 1600MHz. Memory: Speed The GPU is equipped with stacked HBM2 Memory and accesses the Frame Buffer through a 2048-bit memory interface. Memory: Frame Buffer The GPU can fill up a Memory Pool of up to 16GB. Under most circumstances, this only proves useful in certain 3D Games whose Settings Require Large Amounts of Memory. The Vega 10 GPU itself is aimed for 4K Gaming. The 16GB HBM2 framebuffer should be enough to prevent it bottlenecking performance in any AAA title at 4K. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 275W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with two available 8-pin connectors. Performance Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 16GB is equal to the GeForce GTX 1080 in terms of gaming performance. However, it is primarily designed as a workstation graphics card and is not great value for money as a gaming GPU. The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is available in two versions - air cooled and the more expensive water-cooled. Specs are otherwise identical. System Suggestions Radeon RX Vega Nova 16GB HBM2 is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840 x2160 (4K). We recommend a Very Strong Processor and at least 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | Overview The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB is a High-End Graphics Card based on the Pascal Architecture. Architecture It equips a GPU Codenamed P102, which is a first gen Pascal GPU and has 28 SM units activated, offering 3584 shader processing units, 224 TMUs and 88 ROPs. GPU The central unit runs at 1480MHz and goes up to 1582MHz in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses an 11GB frame buffer of Fast GDDR5X memory, through 352-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1376MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 220W, it requires at least a 550W PSU with available 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors. Performance The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Kuroutoshikou Founders Edition 11GB performance is capable of 2017 AAA gaming at high graphics settings across all games. This GPU will deliver strong frame rates at 4K on any game at high graphics levels. System Suggestions GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is best suited for resolutions up to and including 3840x2160 (4K). We recommend a High-End Processor and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||